Benjamin Harrison

It's been a year since the Virginia Department of Transportation installed studs on the new James River Bridge grid deck in an attempt to stop a sharp increase in accidents, including a crash that killed a young woman. There have been no reportable accidents related to the grid deck since the studs were installed last October, according to VDOT spokeswoman Laurie Simmons. An accident is considered reportable if there is an injury or more than $1,500 in damage, Simmons said. What's not clear is whether the installation of the studs — at a cost of nearly $1 million — or a combination of the studs and other fixes stopped the accidents, according to an internal VDOT...

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It's been a year since the Virginia Department of Transportation installed studs on the new James River Bridge grid deck in an attempt to stop a sharp increase in accidents, including a crash that killed a young woman.
There have been no reportable...

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